Republicans claim to be committed to reducing the deficit, but their budget proposals actually increase the deficit by $2.8 ...

A lot of the Donald Trump Administration’s recent tariff actions have the imprint of an essay by Stephen Miran, who has the ...

The faster the U.S. economy grows, the more imports Americans tend to buy and the wider trade deficits tend to get.

In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners. In bull markets, you are just renting them. Right now, they are ...

An overall trade deficit occurs when the monetary value of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. Trump’s tariffs ...

Moldova’s current account deficit (chart) widened by 54% year on year to $2.9bn in 2024, driven primarily by an 18% increase ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the U.S. borrowed $599 billion from January through March 2025 – up $44 billion from January through March 2024. Federal spending, as measured by ...

The country posted a surplus in the current account balance, mainly as the trade balance turned into a surplus.

We will remain in a high volatility downward spiral in equities until such time as the Trump show is soundly thrashed.

Allowing one-time, taxable IRA withdrawals would produce the billions in revenue Republicans are looking for.

The word ‘deficit’ may sound alarming, but America’s trade gap is a sign of its financial and economic dominance.

The Congressional Budget Office's long-term budget outlook shows deficits widening in the years ahead, driven primarily by ...